Current Event Update

The struggle in Libya is still continuing, even after two weeks. Forces of Moammar Gadhafi have been using a defensive strategy to help protect the key oil town al-Brega from rebel forces that are surrounding the city. The rebels have been using rockets to bombard the area. Also, there has been a lot of destruction and warfare in the town of Misrata. Gadhafi is currently under investigation by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity (http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/ africa /04 /04/libya.war/index.html). During the struggle in Libya, there have also been bombings on rebel forces by NATO. One aerial bombing killed 13 rebels and injured 7. The rebels have also been responsible for a few car bombings (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/libyan-rebels-struggle-to-explain-rift/2011/04/02/AFEpJFRC_story.html). Gadhafi’s forces are much more well-trained and organized than the rebels, but the rebels are managing to continue wear down stand up against Gadhafi. Even though they don’t have as heavy artillery as Gadhafi forces, these rebels have proven themselves to be very tactical and tough to defeat. I hope that this struggle will soon end in Libya, so that we can safely get oil and gas prices will go down. http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/04/libya.war/index.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/libyan-rebels-struggle-to-explain-rift/2011/04/02/AFEpJFRC_story.html http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/04/04/libyan-rebels-reclaim-key-oil-town/

Current Event

9/11 Burial Arguments

Although September 9th, 2001 was a long time ago to some of us there are still many issues being dealt with regarding the event today. For instance the issue of the final burial of the unidentified bodies from Ground Zero is something that is still being argued over. The original plan is to create a memorial for the day in a museum and to bury the dead there within the museum but almost in a basement of sorts. There is a lot of dispute among the planners of this and the families that lost loved ones to the attack. They want a proper burial for the remains and find it very demeaning for the dead and for their families wherever and whoever they may be. But some people are not opposed to it as they believe that it would be the same as a burial just in a building and it would be at a memorial towards them. I believe that the bodies should get a proper burial regardless of who they are and whether or not they have been identified. Putting them in a museum where anyone can have access to the room would be in some ways disrespecting and ruse towards the families that lost loved ones on the September day.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/03/new.york.repository/index.html?hpt=Sbin http://www.dnainfo.com/20110403/downtown/families-urge-911-museum-developers-scrap-plans-entomb-remains

Soundtrack

1) "I Love You" by Barney - I used to love Barney and would hug the tv when they played this song at the end of an episode. 2) "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider" - I liked kids songs and used to do the hand motions to this song. 3) "You've Got A friend In Me" by Toy Story - I liked Toy Story a lot and had this song on a Disney CD. 4) "Baby Take A Bow" by Shirley Temple - I used to do dance and I remember dancing to this song at a recital. 5) "Put One Foot In Front Of the Other" by Santa Claus is Coming To Town - I used to like Christmas music and had this song on a CD of songs from different Christmas cartoons. I remember dancing to this song in my kitchen. 6) "Genie In A Bottle" by Christina Aguilera and "Hit Me Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears - I remember listening to these two songs on a cassette I had. 7) "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi" - I loved Averill Lavigne when I was younger and these were my two favorite songs. 8) "Why Not" by Hillary Duff - I loved Hillary Duff and went to her concert that year. This was my favorite song. 9) "Best Of Both Worlds" by Hannah Montanna - This was the year Hannah Montanna came out. I liked her show and her music, and this was the theme song. 10) "We're All In This Together" by High School Musical and "Graduation (Friends Forever)" by Vitamin C - My friends and I liked High School Musical and would watch it when we had birthday parties. I chose "Graduation (Friends Forever)" because that was the song they would play in a powerpoint when you graduated from elementary school. They didn't play it that year (because you start middle school in seventh grade) but I remember listening to it with my friends and being sad because we were going to different schools. 11) "See You Again" by Miley Cyrus - I liked this song and went to her concert that year. 12) "Burnin' Up" by the Jonas Brothers - I had liked the Jonas Brothers before but really liked them in seventh grade. This was my favorite song of theirs. 13) "Shark In The Water" by V.V. Brown and "That's Not My Name" by the Ting Tings - I liked these songs and eighth grade was when I started listening more to songs that weren't on the radio or by Disney.

Update on Libya

The protest in Libya is continuing. Last week, cnn.com reported that rebels were advancing westward through Libya, now there's a debate whether to arm the rebels or not. These weapons of course would be provided by other countries. It may also level the playing field. According to thetelegraph.com, the rebels goal is to try and take down Gadhafi and replace him with a Democracy. Gadhafi is still launching attacks across Libya to stop the rebels. According to cbsnews.com, the rebels have already conquered the entire east side of the country already. Will Gadhafi surrender? Will a Democracy arise in Libya? The only thing we can do is hope for the best.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack of My Life 1996- Who I Was Born To Be Susan Boyle I think this song connects with this year of my life because it was the year I was born and because I am very Scottish just like the singer of this song. 1998- Ordinary World Duran Duran When I was two years old my mom and dad used to put the cd with this song on the stereo and the four of us would dance to it at night. 2000- Don’t Cry For Me Argentina Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice When was younger I would ask my mother to play this song for me and I would dance to it in my ballet outfit. But being the little kid I was I was always watching what my shadow was doing while I danced making the dance very awkward and funny. This is one of my favorite memories form when I was little. 2002- A Little Bit Longer The Jonas Brothers I’m not really a Jonas brothers fan and quite frankly have only really heard about two songs but this song fits perfectly with this year of my life. In 2002 I was diagnosed with diabetes which is exactly what this song is about. 2004- The Circle of Life Elton John This song connects with my life because when I was eight I went to diabetes summer camp for the first time and it was called Circle of Life Camp. All of the cabins and buildings were named after people and places from The Lion King. Camp was one of my favorite parts of the year and I still go to camp every year. 2006- Hindi Sad Diamonds Soundtrack of Moulin Rouge When I was in 5th grade my sister and friend and I entered the talent show and we hula hooped to Hindi Sad diamonds. It was one of the funniest things I had done and I loved the routine that we did. 2008- Georgiana Soundtrack of Pride and Prejudice I have always loved period dramas but I wasn’t a fanatic really until 2008. One of my all-time favorites is Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightly and it is one of the best music soundtracks as well, with Georgiana being the best song in the entire movie. 2010- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John The Wizard of Oz started this year and with every musical that I’m in by the end of all the rehearsals and all the performances you are utterly sick of the play, the songs and all things related to it. So I will be sad to be saying goodbye to the yellow brick road but during the first few weeks that I don’t have to see it I will finally be relaxed. And I love Elton John especially this year.

Soundtrack of your life!

A fun blog!
This week you will work on considering a soundtrack of your life. Reflect over your life in terms of 1) MUSIC and 2) Books, from infancy through today. What music and books reflect your life.

You need to name the song title and artist and then write an explanation as to why that particular choice fits. You may chose a song for every year of your life or every two years.

Then you must also have a book list which does the same thing. Title and author and why that book choice was important and special.

Have fun with this! :)
This will be due 3/31
V. Gaboury

Baby Songs To Now

1997

  “Little Black Rain Cloud”

    From Winnie the Pooh

            This song is probably one of my most favorite songs when I was a baby. It just brings back memories of me sitting in front of the T.V. watching Winnie the Pooh. I even remember that he sang this song when he was all covered in mud and he was tied to a balloon trying to get honey from the bees’ nest in the tree.

1998

“All the Pretty Little Ponies”

 By Kenny Loggins

            I loved this song so much when I was a little. My dad used to sing it to me. I also remember listening to it in the car. It’s a lullaby so it was relaxing to me.

1999

“The Beginning”

  By Seal

            I love Seal! He is just an amazing singer. My parents would put on his CDs all the time when I was a baby. They said his voice was soothing and it helped calm Madeline and I down when we were upset. This song in particular reminds me of going to daycare, and my dad would play this song in the car. We recently listened to his CD and it just brought back so many memories.

1999

“Violet”

By: Seal

            This is another one of my favorite songs. When I was little, I remember I was sleeping and there was a huge thunderstorm outside. I woke up and I was really scared. I called for my dad and he came in and he put on “violet” and he opened the blinds to the big window in or living room (this was in our apartment) and we just watched the storm until I fell asleep. I don’t know why I remember that so well it was just a nice memory I guess.

 2000-2001

“Larger Than Life”

By: Backstreet Boys

            Hahahaha! I love the Backstreet boys. When I was five or six years old I used to listen to them all the time. It’s kind of embarrassing but they were great. I remember I got their concert on VHS and I watched it and I was dancing to it! It was great! Larger Than Life was my favorite song by them. I actually just recently heard it on the radio.

2001

Short Skirt Long Jacket

By: Cake

This song is so funny if you really listen to the lyrics. I remember listening to this song in the car on the way to go bowling when I was little. I remember the strangest things…it is one of my moms favorite songs.

2001

“Oops I Did It Again”

By: Britney Spears

            Britney Spears was awesome. I loved to listen to her music. I thought she was so cool. I used to listen to her with my neighbors and we used to make up dances to the songs…I know we were cool...

2003

Ants Marching

By: Dave Matthews

Both my parents were in love with the Dave Matthews band. I remember in the summer time when I was with my mom and sister in the car, she would put on the Dave Matthews CD and we would listen to it with the sunroof open. I miss summer so much…

2004

Hey Ya!

By: Outkast

I really like this song. I remember seeing the music video to this song and it was really weird. Yet again Outkast is really weird. 

2005

Clocks

By: Coldplay

Coldplay is probably one of the best bands ever. Their music is so relaxing and different. It’s not like all of the rap music today. “Clocks” was a song that my family really liked. We ended up looking for more Coldplay songs.

2006

Over My Head (cable car)

By: The Fray

Once again another summer song! This song, I first heard, when I was sitting on my porch and my mom just put some music on. I had no idea what he was saying when he said “cable car” I thought he said Cape Cod. Haha…I was like, “he said Cape Cod!”  I thought it was so cool that he said that because we go to Cape Cod every summer. And then my family was like “no…he said cable car…”

2007

Ain’t No Other Man

By: Christina Aguilera

This song reminds me of the summertime. We would always listen to fun dance songs when we would have parties with our neighbors. This song is one of the songs we would dance to. It was so much fun.

2007

The Sweet Escape

By: Gwen Stefani and Akon

            This song brings so many memories back to fifth grade. A couple friends and I wrote a parody to this song. It was pretty cool. We preformed it at the end of the year in the talent show. It was one of the best days of my life!

2008

Viva La Vida

By: Codplay

  This is another great Coldplay song. This song reminds me so much of seventh grade English class because I needed to have a song for the poetry unit and I picked this one. I read it so many times because I loved it so much. The cellos and violins are great in the song.

2009

Gravity

By Sara Bareilles

This song originally came out in 2007 but I heard it in 2009 On “So You Think You Can Dance”. It is an amazing song and the piano in the song is beautiful. She also has an amazing voice. The song is really about something that she keeps going back to but its pushing her down. Its just a really moving song and if you listen closely to the lyrics its pretty powerful.

2010

Secrets

By: One Republic

 This song is great. I love the cellos. I first heard the song on a commercial for “Pretty Little Liars” and I really liked it. I can tell this song is going to be on our summer play list for sitting by the pool.

2010

Show Me What I’m Looking For

By: Carolina Liar

Great song! My friend actually showed me this song. And I couldn’t stop listening to it.

These are only some of the songs that should go on an album of my life. There are a ton more. My family is a big music family and so I have many varieties of songs I could choose from. These are songs that I remember the most.